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Dasymutilla occidentalis (red velvet ant, eastern velvet ant, cow ant or cow killer) [2] [3] [4] is a species of parasitoid wasp that ranges from Connecticut to Kansas in the north and Florida to Texas in the south. Adults are mostly seen in the summer months.
Dasymutilla coccineohirta is a species of velvet ant found in North America. [1] Coloration of the "fuzz" on the females is variable, ranging from red to white. [2]It is found along the Pacific coast as far north as Washington and Idaho and as far south as Baja California state.
The stridulatory organ that velvet ants possess produces an audible squeaking when the abdomen is contracted. [15] This mechanism is an auditory cue warning predators that are about to attack to stay away. In one experiment, every time a shrew got within 1 meter of a velvet ant, the velvet ant would begin stridulating. [12]
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Dasymutilla thetis, also known as the minute thistledown velvet ant, is a species of velvet ant known only from Arizona in North America. [1] It was first described by Charles A. Blake as Sphaerophthalma thetis in 1886. [2] Individuals are about 7 mm long. [1] Females are "clothed entirely with ivory-white setae." [3]: 405